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A 10-year-old female spayed Dalmatian was evaluated for progressive cervical scoliosis and stiffness. This imaging report describes the imaging and postmortem findings for this patient. A diagnosis of an atypical manifestation of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) was made based on imaging and additional diagnostics. This report serves to increase awareness of DISH in the veterinary community, as well as to describe a unique presentation of the disease with atypical lesion distribution and severity. In addition, this report contrasts the pathophysiology and imaging characteristics of DISH with spondylosis deformans, which can appear comparable radiographically.
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Dog Diseases/diagnosis , Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal/veterinary , Animals , Autopsy/veterinary , Cervical Vertebrae , Diagnosis, Differential , Dogs , Female , Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal/diagnosis , Pseudarthrosis/veterinary , Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods , Scoliosis/veterinary , Spondylosis/diagnosis , Spondylosis/veterinary , Tomography, Spiral Computed/veterinary , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/veterinarySubject(s)
Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Hip Dislocation/veterinary , Osteoarthritis, Hip/veterinary , Pseudarthrosis/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/surgery , Dogs , Hip Dislocation/complications , Hip Dislocation/diagnostic imaging , Hip Dislocation/surgery , Lameness, Animal/etiology , Male , Osteoarthritis, Hip/diagnostic imaging , Osteoarthritis, Hip/etiology , Osteoarthritis, Hip/surgery , Pseudarthrosis/diagnostic imaging , Pseudarthrosis/etiology , Pseudarthrosis/surgery , Radiography , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
This study deals with the application of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) as an osteoinductive factor in the treatment of fractures and elbow disease in the dog. Partially purified canine bone morphogenetic protein (cBMP) was used in the repair of a delayed union fracture and a pseudoarthrosis. The cBMP was applied in Biocoral and Tricalciumphosphate carriers using a subcortical grafting method. Two dogs suffering from incongruence and subluxation of the elbow joint were treated with a partially purified bone morphogenetic protein of moose bone origin placed in the gap produced by ulnar osteotomy.
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Dog Diseases/therapy , Fractures, Ununited/veterinary , Growth Substances/therapeutic use , Joint Diseases/veterinary , Osteotomy/veterinary , Proteins/therapeutic use , Pseudarthrosis/veterinary , Animals , Bone Morphogenetic Proteins , Bone Nails/veterinary , Bone Plates/veterinary , Bone Screws/veterinary , Calcium Phosphates , Dogs , Drug Carriers , External Fixators/veterinary , Femoral Fractures/therapy , Femoral Fractures/veterinary , Forelimb , Fracture Healing , Fractures, Ununited/therapy , Growth Substances/administration & dosage , Joint Diseases/surgery , Joint Diseases/therapy , Joint Dislocations/surgery , Joint Dislocations/therapy , Joint Dislocations/veterinary , Proteins/administration & dosage , Pseudarthrosis/therapy , Radius Fractures/therapy , Radius Fractures/veterinary , Ulna Fractures/therapy , Ulna Fractures/veterinaryABSTRACT
The study describes a case of postoperative infection following surgery of a humeral pseudarthrosis in a dog. The infection was manifested by fistulas which healed after treatment with different antibacterial drugs, but recurred on six different occasions during a period of twenty months after the operation. Staphylococcus aureus or epidermidis was isolated after aerobic incubation while no microbes were detected after anaerobic incubation. The infection appeared to be localized to a suture of polypropylene. The infection regressed and no more fistulas appeared after this suture had been removed.
